SENSITIVE CONTENT Songs from Central Murchison, North Queensland and New Guinea (University of Sydney Series 67A and 67B)

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General description of the recordings [Western Australia' and 'Queensland' - Oceania, 1957]: 67A, 67B (cut i). Songs from the Central Murchison. [Recorded by Ruth Fink, 1956, while engaged in field work under the auspices of the University of Western Australia. A small 'pocket' recorder was used with very satisfactory results]. 67B, (cut 3). Songs from Edward and Lockhart Rivers; Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland. [Recorded by A. Capell on a spring-driven portable machine. Result fair].

Description on disc: Side 1- (67A) Central Murchison, (W.A.) Songs. Recorded by Ruth Fink, 1956. (5); Side 2 - (67B) (1) Central Murchison (W.A.) Songs (6); (2) Yangoru (N.G.) Flutes Recorded by Prof. A.P. Elkin, New Guinea, 1956; (3) Songs from North Queensland (3) Recorded by A. Capell, 1955.

Audio disc 12" 33 1/3 RPM standard groove. Pressing produced by Process Recording, Columbia Gramophone, Aust., Disc label states: Must not be publicly performed without express permission. [Start inside noted on both sides of disc]. Associated items: Fink - Series 742, Items 15, 16, 21 to 23 - 67b (cut i). Capell - Series 742, Items 20, 23 - (cut 3).

Many Language Groups are associated with the Central Murchison and North Queensland districts.

Places: Western Australia, Central Murchison, North Queensland, Edward and Lockhart River districts, Cape York Peninsula.

Elkin, A. P. “Australian and New Guinea Musical Records.” Oceania, vol. 27, no. 4, 1957, pp. 313–19. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/40329063 (Accessed 24 June 2025.)